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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. About $750 million is needed for near-term Volt development, according to the company.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. “If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# but not all of it.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., Firefly Energy is the most prominent of these companies. In the U.S. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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